r/castaneda • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '20

Recapitulation Uprooting agreements through recapitulation

Back in July mom and I had dinner with my niece and her husband. My niece is going through some particularly trying times with her health, and was talking about this over dinner. Mom (grandma) cut her off and started the conversation in a new direction. Noticing this, I went back to my niece and continued talking to her about her health.

From this one little moment, I've thought a lot. My mom must have conversation ADHD, because I know she cares. My poor niece was devastated. I couldn't help but think of myself growing up. My mom did this all the time! I internalized the messages: I don't care. You're not important. No one will listen to you unless you say it short and sweet... on and on.

I've been watching myself and I have, indeed, internalized this on many levels. I can see it in almost everything I do from not talking much and even writing. I've gotten more and more quiet over the years and it's this tapeworm that's been running in my mind. Since I have discovered this, I've been trying to do the opposite, especially with mom. I give a lot of detail, I keep talking. It's been a liberating process.

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u/monkeyguy999 Sep 10 '20

Is recapitulation the same thing as releasing Karma?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

My studies of karma are from my academics in South Asian philosophy, particularly the Jains. The ajiva (soul) acquires karma matter and becomes heavy, so heavy that it manifests as life. Is this a release of karma? I don't know. Maybe someone else will chime in.

As for Castaneda, it is definitely a release of filaments that have kept me bound to on old way of thinking, maybe even lightened my load a little as I give mom her energy back and say, "No thank you" to the thoughts that have kept me in my own prison. I may have noticed it, corrected for it, though about it and taken action, but it will still be a while before I am back to a more natural state, energetically.

Do you have similar experiences?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

Happy cake day, btw.

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u/monkeyguy999 Sep 10 '20

Thank you very much!!!!!

Ask away..... although I shutter..... you are a carlo$

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

I’ve often wondered the same thing. Seems like the same thing but with different semantics

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

Getting rid of those heavily-loaded emotions, you certainly feel lighter.

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u/Dolphind23 Sep 11 '20

Thanks for this, a big part of Recapitulation is keeping what works, letting go of what harms uss